Former AFL player Jake King is accused of threatening to shoot and break the legs of the business partner of his ex-teammate Ty Vickery, unless he paid him $150,000 within a month, court documents reveal....

A heatwave is expected to turn Sydney's spring on its head this Saturday with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting temperatures to sore past 36 degrees Celsius in parts of the city, and 40C in other parts of the state....

The remains of 33 Australians who were buried in military cemeteries in Malaysia and Singapore are returned to Australia in one of the largest repatriations of servicemen and dependents in Australia's history....

Australia's first shop front for the National Disability Insurance Scheme officially opens at Penrith in Western Sydney with an initial task of supporting 2,000 children ahead of the full program's rollout....